by Jeffrey Hollender | Sep 5, 2008
The bleak economy has increasingly dominated the headlines. It’s easy to see why, given the yo-yoing stock market and through-the-roof energy prices. But the economy’s difficulties have overshadowed an equally troubling trend: since the late 1960s, U.S....
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 22, 2008
James Gustave Speth, co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, a Yale University dean, and a former White House advisor, has written a great book that everyone concerned with the fate of the world must read. Speth takes all of us to task — business,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 14, 2008
Is Joel Makower right? No, he’s wrong. Greenwashing is bad and it’s getting worse. First, let me provide some context. In a column for GreenBiz.com, Joel, a frequent commentator on green business issues, asks, “What, exactly, is a ‘socially and...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 9, 2008
In February of 2008, on a trip to London for the Natural & Organic Products Exhibition, I stopped by to visit John Elkington, the founder of SustainAbility and an old friend. John has worked in the environmental and sustainable development fields since 1972. In...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jul 3, 2008
“Judge King wrote that Ms. Braun had recounted the humiliating experience of soiling herself while at work because she had not been permitted time to use the restroom.” I hope that the recent ruling by a Minnesota state judge, who found that Walmart...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 27, 2008
Over the years, I have frequently spoken out against companies that preach a “we’re-all-in-this-together” ethos while tolerating Austrian-Afghanistan disparities in executive-employee pay. But I have offered little in the way of a real-world solution...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 20, 2008
We simply buy too much stuff. I have more t-shirts in my closet than I could wear in several lifetimes. Yet someone always wants to give me another one. I have an iPhone, but the newest upgrade looks almost irresistible. In fact, so does the MacBook Air. Shoes, cars,...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 8, 2008
A conversation with Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt Here are outtakes from my notes on Eric Schmidt’s talk at the Future of Management conference (see Part 4): “The culture defines the outcome,” in reference to the products and services Google...
by Jeffrey Hollender | Jun 6, 2008
Maximizing the Organization’s Potential A discussion with W. L. Gore CEO Terri Kelly Last week, at Gary Hamel’s Future of Management conference (see Part 3), I had a chance to sit down with Terri Kelly, CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates. While Gore, the...
